Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Infrastructure, Cross Border Co-operation, Retention of the hospitality VAT rate.

Intended results Committment from Central Government to the NorthWest region.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Leonard Watson, President Letterkenny Chamber

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Chamber President's Lunch in The Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny on 11th September 2018 . Guest speaker, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD. Speech made by President covering all the lobbying issues.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Joe McHugh Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Seamus O"Domhnaill Councillor (Donegal County Council)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)